Church, State and the Soul of Our Nation
Notes from America with Kai Wright
WNYC Studios
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Christian nationalism – the push to have laws, policies and social norms reflect Christian values – is a growing movement in the U.S. As its rise continues to influence contemporary politics, how should we consider and prepare for its impact on our government? Pastor and executive director of Vote Common Good, Doug Pagitt, walks us through the history of the movement, and tells us how he and other faith leaders are finding ways to combat the effects of Christian nationalism in their own faith communities.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you know what Christian nationalism is? |
| 0:04.2 | Sorry. |
| 0:05.2 | Do you know what Christian nationalism is? |
| 0:06.2 | Have you ever heard that term? |
| 0:07.2 | What happened? |
| 0:08.2 | Maybe. |
| 0:09.2 | No. |
| 0:10.2 | I have no idea. |
| 0:11.2 | Christian, I don't know what that is. |
| 0:12.2 | No, not exactly. |
| 0:13.2 | It sounds sort of familiar, but I wouldn't be able to, like, say what it is. |
| 0:19.4 | Christian nationalism. |
| 0:21.1 | I don't think I've heard those two words together before. |
| 0:23.9 | I grew up in a Christian household. |
| 0:26.2 | I would consider myself an ex-Emanjelical. |
| 0:28.9 | No, yeah. |
| 0:29.9 | I've done a little bit of research into it. |
| 0:31.8 | Could you define it? |
| 0:33.0 | I think Christian nationalism is just the sort of, like, projection of their own beliefs and |
| 0:38.5 | understandings about how they think things should go, and, like, that's how it should |
| 0:42.0 | be in society as well, and also just, like, enforcing their own ideas kind of into a political, |
| 0:47.9 | but also social spirit where it doesn't belong. |
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